Category Archives for "Chickens"

Using chickens in the garden – 13 things you need to know first, to save you and your chickens a lot of heartache and frustration. Our goal is to use our crops and animals as a compliment to one another. But if you’ve ever dealt with free ranging chickens and having your crops or plants […]

5 Common Poultry Diseases Every Homesteader Should Know About I suppose for any homesteader or farmer, illness in the livestock is where we feel most inclined to doubt ourselves and our skills. We may want to consult a veterinarian, but there aren’t many vets who treat diseases in poultry. Our vet was a doctor of […]

Raising baby chicks is a right of passage for any homesteader or self-sufficiency folks. But when you’re a beginner raising baby chicks, you want to make sure you’re caring for your animals correctly, after all, this is your egg and meat production. 6 Tips to Raising Baby Chicks for the first 6 Weeks These […]

Top Preparedness & Homestead Pick for Getting Eggs Daily Click here Page 1 of How to Raise Ducks Welcome to part 2 of How to Raise Ducks and why ducks are our pick for both preparedness and homesteaders when it comes to getting eggs daily. They lay all year long, no winters off, and lay […]

Melissa: Welcome everybody! Thank you so much for joining us. Lisa from Fresh Eggs Daily is joining me here today. I’m really excited to have her. She is another old fashioned gal right after my own heart. 10 Tips on how to Raise Chickens Like the Pioneers Free Daily Food Source We’re going to be […]

Most homesteaders want to begin raising livestock at some point on their homesteading journey. It seems every time I go to the grocery store prices have increased yet again and when listening to the news, there’s another outbreak of something in connection to our food. There’s a peace of mind and sense of accomplishment when […]

This is how to butcher a chicken part 2 of our raising chickens for meat series. Knowing how to butcher a chicken at home is a skill not for the faint of heart, but one essential if you want to be self-sustainable and raise your own livestock from start to table. I know many people hire […]

Growing and raising as much of our own as possible is really important to us. The more research we do on food bought in the grocery store, the less we find ourselves purchasing. From being fed GMO food, hormones, injected with antibiotics, and cruel living conditions, we have a hard time buying our meat from […]

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